Brothers of Odysseus is here to help men find and restore honorable manhood
All services are specialized in the unique ways men THINK, FEEL, and CHANGE
Licensed therapy services are offered through Brothers Counseling. Therapy services are available in-person for individuals and groups.
Non-therapy services are offered through Brothers of Odysseus. Workshops and retreats are available to help men focus on specific aspects of the masculine experience.
Other services and resources are offered to support groups and organizations already working with men.
Find your true nature
Most men have had poor or absent models of what healthy manhood looks like. Men and boys alike are struggling to find purpose in their lives. Men and boys are facing depression, suicide, violence, addiction, and incarceration at epidemic rates. The loss of honorable compassionate male influence is a root cause of much of society’s pain. Toxic masculinity continues to erode our society from within. For these trends to be reversed, men of every walk need to stand up for 4 core virtues of Honorable Masculinity : Leadership, Wisdom, Courage, and Compassion. Brothers Counseling and Brothers of Odysseus is here to help you find and restore your honorable manhood.
Meet the founder
Randy Cook
Randy spent a 35-year career leading various healthcare organizations and raising a family. Randy believes toxic masculinity is as much symptom as cause of personal and societal pain. Randy has suffered from the effects of toxic masculinity himself, and has sometimes been a perpetrator of it. Randy has been working and growing in the “men’s work” community since 1996. In retirement, Randy is focusing his experience, compassion, and wisdom on helping men heal themselves, their families, and their communities.
Randy has spent time training for this new role through a Master’s degree in Theological Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Southern New Hampshire University. In addition, Randy has and continues to engage in numerous certifications and training workshops, expanding his understanding of the ways men THINK, FEEL, and CHANGE. The training, experience, and compassion allows Randy to offer counseling for men, individually or in group sessions, lead and organize retreats and workshops for men, and to support men’s organizations trying to do the good work.
Credentials: Randy Cook, MPH, MTS, MACHMC, Certified NMMNG Coach, Initiated man with Illuman, Initiated Warrior with the Mankind Project, and A Blessed Elder with Men’s Leadership Alliance. Clinical practice is operated under supervision and in affiliation with Weston Crafton Ph.D., LMFT, AAMFT.
Why Odysseus?
Most are only vaguely familiar with the character of Odysseus in Homer’s famous works The Iliad and The Odyssey. If we look at Odysseus’s story through the lens of masculinity, we see an imperfect hero that tries to balance his professional obligations with his personal obligations.
This balancing act is an experience all men know.
Caught in this imbalance we see Odysseus struggle, feeling at times like an imposter. We see him struggle courageously only to fail.
We see him succeed anyway.
At Brothers we use Odysseus as a role model, because he is imperfect, because he is dedicated, because he is long-suffering, because he is courageous, because he does not always succeed, because he learns, because he is quick-tempered and angry, because he is compassionate and forgiving, because he succeeds against long odds. His story teaches modern men about how to understand our story as men.
